In 2015 Americans faced a broad array of issues at home and abroad. Perennials such as the listless economic recovery, healthcare reform, turmoil in the Middle East, ISIS, and the presidential race remained in the forefront, to be joined by the crisis in Syria, refugees, and immigration. Throughout it all, in publications across the country, Hoover fellows offered their unique brand of thoughtful and scholarly insight and ideas.

In commemoration of Veterans Day, the Hoover Institution recognizes all fellows who served in the US Armed Forces. The fellowship includes veterans of five military service branches, including those who served in major foreign conflicts such as Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan, Operation Iraqi Freedom, the Vietnam War, the Korean War, and World War II.

STANFORD—A symposium to facilitate technology, manufacturing, and trade exchange between US and Polish entities took place in Hoover Institution’s Stauffer Auditorium on December 6 and 7. Participants included Polish leaders of industry and academia as well as government officials who were joined by Silicon Valley executives interested in exploring market opportunities and establishing business relationships with Poland.

On Thursday, May 3, 2012, David Brady, deputy director and Davies Family Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution, hosted a conference titled “Global Hotspots: Briefings from Insiders” featuring special guests from different countries. To begin, Oliver “Buck” Revell from the FBI gave remarks titled “The Most Significant Threats to the American People.” His Excellency M. K. Narayanan, past head of India Security, discussed “India’s Worries, Capabilities, Military and Intelligence Cooperation with the United States.” Joseph Felter, a research fellow at the Hoover Institution and former national security affairs fellow (2008–9), gave a talk during the luncheon.

The Hoover Archives has acquired the William Offutt Doub papers, 1970–74, which include correspondence, memoranda, and printed matter. Doub was a member of the US Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) from 1971 to 1974. His papers relate to nuclear energy issues in the United States, including licensing nuclear power plants and nuclear safety issues.

David Brady, the Davies Family Senior Fellow and deputy director at the Hoover Institution, kicks off the 2010 Board of Overseer’s meeting with a discussion on health care. He shares thoughts and research on why health care policy is—and will continue to be—hard to reform.

On March 30, the Hoover Institution’s Working Group on Global Markets convened a one-day policy workshop on the future of central banking.

Although a small country, Estonia has rich culture and history, both of which will be celebrated through film at Stanford on Nov. 19. This free event aims to bring together Stanford faculty, staff, and students, local Estonians as well as other people interested in Estonian heritage. You can find more information or register for the event here.

At their October 1986 meeting in Reykjavik, Ronald Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev agreed on the need to eliminate nuclear weapons. That historic meeting ultimately led to the end of the cold war. “Since that time, the nature of the nuclear threat in the world has changed, but the twenty-year-old lessons of Reykjavik may well help us achieve the goal of a modern world free of nuclear weapons,” said former secretary of state George P. Shultz.